Shaving brush holder



Sept. 18, 1945. M K. KATZ 2,385,003

v sHAvING BRUSH-HOLDER V Filed March 13, 1944 MMMMMMMMMMMMMM ATTORNE'.

BY j l WMM JM/ Patented Sept. 18, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICESHAVING BRUSH HOLDER Myer K. Katz, New York, N. Y.

Application March 13, 1944, Serial No. 526,161

' claims. (c1. 132-81) `My invention relates to a shaving brush holderand more particularly to a combination of brush holder and shaving bowl.

The principal objects of my invention are to devise a shaving brushholder that will form a part of the shaving bowl; that will support thebrush with the bristles down; that will not interfere with the use ofthe bowl; and that will permit contact with the open atmosphere toenable the brush to dry quickly.

Other objects are to provide a holder that may be separated from thebowl, that is attached to the lid, that is readily accessible from theoutside of the covered bowl, that is inexpensive to manufacture, andsimple in construction.

I accomplish these and other objects and obtain my new results as willbe apparent from the device described in the following specication,particularly pointed out in the claims, 4and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View oi one form of my combined bowl and brushholder. y

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the threaded vconnectionbetween holder and bowl lid.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a modification with in tegral holder and lid.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a wire holder detachably secured ina slot around the circumference of the lid of the shaving bowl.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the wire holder of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a wire holder detachably secured toa central knob forming the handle for the lid of the shaving bowl.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the wire holder of Fig. 7.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, and especially to Figure l,reference numeral I0, designates a form of brush holder made of acomposition shell material such as Celluloid or other plastic moulded orshaped to form a neck portion II having an open slot I2, a cylindricalwall section I3. provided with a longitudinal opening Ill, a basesection I5 to which the cylindrical wall section I3 is secured, andcontaining on the bottom side thereof a threaded recess I6. The shavingbowl base I'I contains the soap I8, and a lid section i9, tted thereon,having a threaded knob 2B to which the threaded recess I6.. of the brushholder may be attached.

The brush 2| is of the usual shape with handle 22 having a neck section23, and bristles 24 eX- tending from the handle 22.

The brush 2l is inserted into the longitudinal opening I4 of the brushholder lil, with the neck 23 of the brush snapping into position in theneck portion of the holder, the walls of the holder being suicientlyresilient to expand under pressure and lock the brush into the positionshown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3, the brush holder 25 is formed from a curved piece of sheet orformed material with the base end 26, secured to a curved top of thebowl lid 21, and the brush supporting end 28 slotted, as in Fig. 4, topermit the neck of the brush to be snapped therein, and supported, as.shown by the dot-dash lines of Fig. 3.

In Figs. 5 and 6, the brush holder 29, is made of wire with brushsupporting prongs 3U, open to receive the neck of the brush.

The base 3| curved and open to snap over a circumferential slot 32 aboutthe edge of the lid 33 of the shaving bowl 34.

In Figs. 7 and 8, a Wire holder 35 provided with prongs 36, andcircumferential base 3l is adapted to be detachably secured to acircumferential slot 38 formed about the knob 39, part of the lid 40.

In each case the brush is supported a suitable distance above the lid,to allow the bristles to hang freely.

By the foregoing construction I have accomplished the objects of myinvention. I have provided a shaving brush holder that will support thebrush above the shaving bowl, which occupies a minimum amount of spacein the base area, which is open to the drying eiect of the atmosphere,which supports the brush with the bristles down, which permits the brushto be inserted into the bowl without interference from the holder fromwhich it is readily detached, which enables the holder to be removedsimultaneously with the lid, and permits the holder and brush to beutilized as a separate and distinct device from the shaving bowl, as isindicated in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, wherein the brush and holder may beremoved and used separately without being secured to the shaving bowl orlid. Any suitable material can be used to form the holder.

I have thus described my invention, but I desire it understood that itis not conned to the particular forms or uses shown and described, thesame being merely illustrative, and that the invention may be carriedout in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention,and, therefore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalentinstrumentalities coming within the scope of the appended claims, and bymeans of which, objects of my invention are attained, and new resultsaccomplished, as it is obvious that the particular embodiments hereinshown and described are only some of the many that can be employed toattain these objects and accomplish these results.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A combination of shaving brush holder and shaving bowl for makinglather, having a lid therefor, said brush holder at one end thereofcarried by said lid and extending above the same, and having means atthe other end thereof for securing thereto and supporting in an uprightposition and outside the shaving bowl the handle of a shaving brush.

2. A combination of shaving brush holder and shaving bowl for makinglather, having a lid therefor, said brush holder at one end thereo-fcarried by and removably secured to said lid and extending above thesame, and having means at the other end thereof for securing thereto andsupporting in an upright position and outside the shaving bowl thehandle of a shaving brush.

3. A combination of shaving brush holder and shaving bowl for makinglather, having a lid therefor, said brush holder at one end thereofcarried by and circumferentially secured to the edge of said lid andextending above the same, and having means at the other end thereof forsecuring thereto and supporting in an upright position and outside theshaving bowl the handle of a shaving brush.

4. A combination of shaving brush holder and shaving bowl for makinglather, having a lid therefor, said brush holder at one end thereofcarried by and detachably secured to said lid and extending above thesame, and having means at the other end thereof for securing thereto andsupporting in an upright position and outside the shaving bowl thehandle of a shaving brush, said brush holder having a base section forsupporting the shaving brush independently of said lid.

5. A combination of shaving brush holder and shaving bowl for makinglather, having a lid therefor, said brush holder made of wire and havingone end thereof carried by said lid and extending above the same, andhaving means at the other end thereof for securing thereto andsupporting in an upright position and outside the shaving bowl thehandle of a shaving brush.

MYER K. KATZ.

